Hay and manure gatherer and loader.



PATENTED JAN. 7, 1908.

J. PETERSON. HAY AND MANURE GATHERER AND LOADER.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 5. 1905.

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No. 875,846. PATENTED JAN. 7, 1908.

J. PETERSON.

BAY mm MANURE GATHERER AND LOADER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5, 1906.

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PATENTED JAN. 7, 1908.

J. PETERSON.

HAY AND MANUEL GATHERER AND LOADER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN PETERSON, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

HAY AND MANURE GATHERER AND LOADER.

To all whom it may concern: l Be it known that I, Joux' PETERSON, of 1 St. Paul, Ramsey county, Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements'in [lay and Manure (.latherers and Loaders, of which the following is a specilit cation.

My inventionrelates to that class of farm implements shown and described' in Letters i Patent of the United States issued to me September 13, 1898, No. 610,619; November 12, 1901, No. 686,532, and a certain pending application filed June 13, 1004, No. 212,3 7.

The object of my invention is to provide means for moving the fork back and forth toward or from the base of the boom, to facilitate the loading and dumping operation 1 whereby less labor will be required to handle the apparatus. I

Other objects of the invention will appear i from the following detailed description.

The invention consists generally in a main boom and an auxiliary or secondary boom arranged to travel thereon and support the ay or manure gathering fork.

F urther', the invention consists in an improved means for mounting the fork on the 1 secondary boom. l

Further, the invention consists in a brake device provided on the upright mast of the apparatus, and, further, sist-s in various constructions and combina- ,1 tions, all as hereinafter described and partic- 1 ularly pointed out in the claims. I

the invention con- In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hay and manure gatherer embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side I elevation illustrating the booms raised and the fork in its closed position. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of the plate or bed upon 1 which the mast of the apparatus is mounted. Fig. 4 is a detail view illustrating one of the weighted boxes or anchors provided in connection with the mast guy timber. Fig. 5 is a modification illustrating the weights; piled upon a movable platform. Fig. 6 is a detail view ends and bottom sand or gravel. I

In the drawing, represents a base plate and 3 horizontal base timbers secured to said plate by clevises 4, and 5 a metal plate mounted upon the base 2 and provided with a series of holes 6 wherein the studon the l to adapt it for handling Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 5.1905. Serial Nn. 277,057.

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mounted upon means of this cable the boom 16 can be of the fork provided with closed Tatcnted Jan 7, 1908.

lower end of the upright mast 7 is inserted. The mast may be moved from one hole to another, until it has been adjusted in a perpendicular position. The top of the mast is connected by inclined timbers or braces 8 with clevises 9 provided on the base timbers 3. These elevises may he slipped along the said timbers to adjust them and the. braces 8 properly with respect to the perpendicular mast. Boxes 10 adapted to contain sand or other material are mounted upon the shoes 11. which have a sullicient space between them to receive the base timber and are provided with holes 12 in one end frvheels 13 are the said boxes for (ZOIIVH- ience in moving them from place to place.

Instead of mounting-a box upon the shoes 1.1 l may provide a platform lf'thereon, upon which bags of sand 15, or other weights, may be piled.

16 is the main boom pivoted at 17 on the lower end of the mast. A pulley block 18 is provided at the outer end of this boom, and a cable 19 has one end secured to the top 'of the mast and passes around this pulley block and is adjustably secured at 20 on the mast. Bv

adjusted at the desired inclination according to the work to be performed.

21 1s a carriage having wheels 22, two of which are provided above the boonr and travel thereon, and a third is provided below the. boom and bears on the under side thereof when the carriage is operated. A secondary boom 23 is pivoted at 24 in said carriage, and is adapted to be moved back and forth therewith on the main boom. l prefer to provide pulleys 25 and 26 in the main boom, and a Windlass device consisting of drums 27 and 28 having a crank 29 mounted on the said boom between the? pulleys 25 and 26. A cable 30 has its ends attached to the carriage 21 and extending in opposite directions around the pulleys 25 and 26 and the drums 27 and 28 said cable extending along the upper and under sides of the main boom.

The wheels 22 having grooved or hollow laces receive the said cable and permit move ment of the carriage back and forth without interfering with the cable. \Vhen the crank 29 is turned in one direction, or another the carriage will be moved toward or fronrthe outer end of the boom, and the distance of its travel can be readily,dctermined by the location of the pulley 25. By increasing the distance between this pulley'and the windboom corresponding to the lass the travel of the auxiliary boom can be re ulated.

lhe fork which I prefer to use in connection with this apparatus comprises two sections or parts, each having a series of tines 31 and shanks 32 pivoted together at 33 and having rollers 34 adapted to slide in a guideway 35 formed by a bracket 36 on the under side of the boom 23. Links 37 are pivoted together at one end and pivotally connected at their other ends to the shanks 32 near the rollers 34, A pulley block 38 is attached to the links 37 and a cable 39 connected to said block and passes around pulleys 40 and 41 on the main boom, and to pulleys 42 and 43 on the mast 7, and from thence to a swingle-tree 44. A similar cable 45 is also attached to the swingle-tree and to the cable 39, and passes under the pulley 43 and over a similar pulley 46 at the top of the mast, and from thence to pulleys at the outer end of the main pulleys 40 and 41 I to a block 47 which is attached to the bracket cable 39 when 35. By means of this last described'cable, the auxiliary boom can be raised or lowered independently of the main boom. The ti htened closes thev fork to grip the load, and ordinarily both the cables 39 and 45 will be tightened simultaneously to close the fork and raise the boom and load preparatory to moving them to the point where the load is to be deposited.

To enable the operator to slack up the strain on the cable 39 and open the fork with- I out at'the same time releasing the cable 45 and lowering the boom, 1 provide a brake device on the mast 7, which consists preferably of a block 48 arranged between plates 49 on the-mast, and having pins 50 loosely mounted in, diagonal slots 51 in said plates. The cable 45 gasses mast. lever 52 is pivoted at 53 on the mast and has a roller bearing 54 on the inclined surface 55 of the block 48, being held in engagement therewith by a guide 56. Whenthis lever is depressed the roller 54 will be moved upon the inclined surface 55 and press the cable against the mast and prevent it from slippin in either direction. A spring 57- normally holds the lever 52 in its raisedpnsition and the roller 54 out of contact with the block. A rod 57 is pivoted on the mast and has a loo 58 at its lower end to encircle the lever an enga e the teeth 59 and lock the lever in :an (i By means of this brake can clamp the cable 45 to the mast and hold the auxiliary boom at any desired inclination while the fork is being opened to discharge its contents. I

To open the fork; I prefer. to rovide a connected with the fork sections by cables form a bucket or receptacle in whic between the block 48 and the .boom pivoted esired position.- evice the operator erases gripping this lever the operator can pull the or handle 62 is mounted on the auxiliary boom for convenience in swinging it and the mainboom from place to place.

It is sometimes desirable in an apparatus tines apart and allow the load to be discharged between them. A pivoted" of this kind to handle very fine manure, or

sand or gravel, and I therefore provide ,a sheet metal bottom 63 and end plates 64 for the fork, said plates being secured respectively to the fork fitting abutting edges, as shown in 0 material can be gathered and transferred from oneplate to another.

I claim as my invention: 1. The combination wi an auxiliary boom carried by said auxi iar boom,

tackle connected to'sai auxiliary boom and sections, and having close 6, t0 e n th a main boom, of ivoted thereon, a fork a block and fork and extending to a source of power for simultaneously closing said fork and raising said auxiliary boom,

said fork, substantially as described. 2. The combinatlon with a main boom, 0

an auxiliary boom pivotally and slidably -mounted upon said main boom, means carried by the main boom for adjusting the auxiliary boom back and forth thereon, a gathering fork carried by the auxiliary boom, and means connecting said auxiliary boom and fork with a source of power for simultaneously closing said fork and raising said auxiliary boom without elevating the main boom, substantially as described.

3. The combination, of an auxiliary boom pivoted thereon, a gathering fork supported on said auxiliary boom, suitable connections prpvided between said auxiliary boom and said fork, and

a suitable source of power whereby said fork will be closed and said boom raised simultaneously, and a brake device arranged to clamp the connection between said boom and the source of power, for the purpose specified.

4. The combination, with a mast and a main boom pivoted thereon, of

on said main boom, a gathering fork carried by said auxiliary boom, block and cable connections provided. between said auxiliary boom and said fork and a suitable source of power, and a brake device arranged on said mast and arranged to clamp-the cable connecting said auxiliary boom ,and the source of power, for the purpose specified.

ln witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand" this first dav of September, L905.

. JOHN PETERSON. Witnesses 4 RICHARD PAUL, (LG. Hanson.

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